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Employee Privacy Policy

This document can be used as an employee privacy policy for an organisation based in the European Economic Area. It has been created to reflect the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and sets out the employer's policies with regards to a number of key issues concerning personal information and privacy:

what information is collected

how that information is used

who that information may be shared with

collection of information and monitoring

non-EEA transfers

information security

employee rights

Please note that prior to completing the document, users should consider the lawful bases for their processing of personal information. The lawful bases for processing are set out in Article 6 of the GDPR. At least one of these must apply whenever an entity processes personal data:

(a) Consent: the individual has given clear consent to process their personal data for a specific purpose.

(b) Contract: the processing is necessary for a contract with the individual, or because they have asked the relevant entity to take specific steps before entering into a contract.

(c) Legal obligation: the processing is necessary for an entity to comply with the law (not including contractual obligations).

(d) Vital interests: the processing is necessary to protect someone's life.

(e) Public task: the processing is necessary for the relevant entity to perform a task in the public interest or for their official functions, and the task or function has a clear basis in law.

(f) Legitimate interests: the processing is necessary for an entity's legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party unless there is a good reason to protect the individual's personal data which overrides those legitimate interests. (This cannot apply if the entity is a public authority processing data to perform their official tasks.)

In order for the privacy policy to be effective, the employee will have to actually be made aware of the policy. So firstly, it will need to be published or kept in a location where it can be accessed, and notified to employees.

However many employers will also refer to the privacy policy within their employment contract, such that the employee can be considered to be agreeing to the privacy policy.

If personal information will be transferred to non-EEA countries by the employer, entities will need to consider the safeguards surrounding such transfers and may need to use an EU commission approved model contract or EU commission approved corporate binding rules.

Any applicable law

General Data Protection Regulation

Equality Act 2010

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